I agree with Sam, to a point. If you're reading this dude's statement as him making a factual statement about the state of America, then by all means it's full of holes and mistakes.

But taken from an emotional, "this is how I feel" point-of-view, he moves me and makes his point very well. I expect a big name journalist to double-check any facts he uses in public statements. A journalist has the time and resources to get it right. But not a teenager, or anyone who's not a professional writer.

Facts are silly anyway because I can produce any facts to counter the facts you present. I can produce facts to disprove 2+2=4 if I have to.
We just have a bunch of beliefs we can reproduce reliably (mostly).

That being said, there's a big difference between reading this boy's opinion and saying "Wow, he's right" versus "Wow, he makes a good point". Too many people do the former.

My $.02
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